Friday, March 11, 2011

If any DOE contract needed rejection, this is it. Kudos to Comptroller Liu for having the common sense to reject a $20 million contract to recruit teachers, when so many of our teachers are expecting pink slips. I can’t believe the NYC Department of Education even asked for this contract to be considered.

Gregory*******

LIU STATEMENT ON DOE CONTRACT REJECTION******************************************NEW YORK, NY – City Comptroller John C. Liu stated the following in response to inquiries about his rejection of a $20 million teacher recruitment contract for the Department of Education (DOE):

“Twenty million dollars to recruit teachers as the DOE insists on laying off thousands of teachers seems curious at best,” said Comptroller Liu.

The five-year contract, with the “New Teacher Project,” was submitted in early February. The DOE was seeking the contract to “recruit, select, train and provide job search support to non-traditional candidates to become public school teachers.”

The contract submission comes at a time when agencies are being asked to cut services, including the DOE’s plan to lay off 4,600 teachers.